Wyeast 3191 VSS Berliner Weisse Blend

[Chriso]

Interested in a BW but haven't done anything about it. Subscribed for future updates.

 

[PseudoChef]

My advice would be to give the lactobacillus a head start - like 48 hours or so and then pitch some German Ale. Will drive the tart up and the two organisms won't be competing.

 

[lancsSteve]

Have just bought this from private collection release late last year and planning on a gose for summer having tried and loved the beer in Leipzig 2 years ago.

Any tips/recommendations on using this yeast blend and recipe formulation (a little acid malt?) welcome, have randy mosher's recipe and notes in radical brewing and star hieronymous's brewing with wheat too.

Planning to use an older fv and then make that my wild yeast fv for the future e.g. if used lacto as with this or brett in a Belgian - sound like a good idea?
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[curry767]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for all the info on this beer and yeast.

I'll be attempting my first Berliner next week (1st sour actually, and I've got a few questions:

1. Whirfloc - Does this beer need it? My memory tells me this beer is cloudy and I'm wondering if I need to use Whirfloc.

2. Protein Rest - I used a cooler type mash tun. I can do a 2 step mash but that's about it. Does this style of beer need a Protein Rest with so much Wheat Malt?

Forgive my ignorance but I'm relatively new to all grain.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Dave